Inside Foreign AidJohns Hopkins University Press, 1975 - 140 pages Monograph on development aid, with special reference to the role of USA aid programmes and development projects - shows how organizational environment and behaviour determine many of the shortcomings of both bilateral aid (e.g. 'Aid') and multilateral aid (e.g. World Bank, IDB, UNDP (role of UN). Bibliography pp. 129 to 135 and references. |
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Page 13
... Congress say ? " - than adopted with the attitude of " how could we get this one around Congress ? " The new recruit to the agency was often surprised to sit down at his first meetings and discover people who were not intrigued with the ...
... Congress say ? " - than adopted with the attitude of " how could we get this one around Congress ? " The new recruit to the agency was often surprised to sit down at his first meetings and discover people who were not intrigued with the ...
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... Congress would never authorize the funds unless it was promised that the program would eventually come to an end , sooner rather than later . 18 Whatever the case may have been , it was always clear to the agency that its existence ...
... Congress would never authorize the funds unless it was promised that the program would eventually come to an end , sooner rather than later . 18 Whatever the case may have been , it was always clear to the agency that its existence ...
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... Congress " ( Kaplan , Challenge of Foreign Aid , p . 163 ) . 4. Testimony of John Hannah , U.S. , Congress , House Committee on Appropria- tions , Foreign Assistance and Related Agencies , Appropriations for 1971 , part 2 , Hearings ...
... Congress " ( Kaplan , Challenge of Foreign Aid , p . 163 ) . 4. Testimony of John Hannah , U.S. , Congress , House Committee on Appropria- tions , Foreign Assistance and Related Agencies , Appropriations for 1971 , part 2 , Hearings ...
Contents
The Task and the Organizational Fit | 8 |
The Misfit | 23 |
The Institutionalization of Outside Criticism | 38 |
Copyright | |
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